Assuming that it is happening: absolutely. I can see a 'distillation@home' movement growing out of this. Just like I always thought the likes of Google should have a free API if they feel they have a right to all of our information without compensation.

What we hope for is mostly irrelevant. The enterprises investing vast sums in research will do everything they can to make their products competitive and marketable. Same as ever. The continued existence of this market is basically predicated on stopping distillation. In effect, commoditization of the frontier stops the frontier. We cannot have something as expensive as intelligence both ways.